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Welcome to the Winter 2019/20 Newsletter. This Newsletter will contain all information from 1st October 2019 | |
Jubilee Cup Epsom played their first match in the Round Robin stage of the Jubilee on Monday 2nd December 2019. They won on both rinks & the match 37 - 18 (6 - 0). Details: Rink 4 Keith Roberts Martin Harbottle John Warren won 14 - 13 Unfortunately Epsom played with 1 player short on this rink. However, the led 11 - 6 after 10 ends & won by 1 shot. Rink 5 Stefan Tomm Ted Ray John Huxford Simon Meller won 23 - 5 This was a good win for Epsom on this rink. They led 7 - 4 after 6 ends & won the next 5 ends to go further ahead 20 - 4. They won by 18 shots. Final Score: Epsom 37 Surbiton RBL 18 Epsom 6 points Surbiton RBL 0 points |
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Spitfire League Epsom lose heavily in the third Spitfire League game against Ashtead & Co. on Wednesday 13th November 2019. They lost on all 3 rinks. Details: Rink 1 Brian Kenyon Lesley South Stefan Tomm Fred Read lost 6 - 17 Rink 2 Sandy Cooper Mick Cooper Phil Sims Terry Hoye lost 7 - 17 Rink 3 Sandie Harvey Richard Price Pat Buckley Keith Roberts lost 5 - 35 Final Score: Epsom 18 Ashtead & Co. 69 Epsom 0 points Ashtead & Co. 10 points Richard Price played in his first Spitfire match |
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Indoor Friendly v Donyngs Epsom played against Donyngs on 3rd November 2019 in a mixed 6 rink Triples match. They won on 2 rink, lost on 4 rinks & lost overall 91 - 117. Despite losing this was a good performance as many Epsom players do not play regularly indoors. Details: Rink 1 Audrey Jones Stefan Tomm Ted Ray won 17 - 12 After 7 ends Epsom was 4 - 7 down, but won the next 6 ends to go 12 - 7 ahead. They kept the lead & won by 5 shots. Rink 2 Brian Kenyon Sylvia Smart John Warren lost 20 - 28 Epsom got off to a bad start finding themselves 3 - 24 down. They won the next 3 ends to be 13 - 24 behind. Over the last 4 ends Epsom outscored Donyngs 7 - 2 & lost by 8 shots. Rink 3 Sandy Cooper David Ganney Terry Hoye won 21 - 14 Epsom held a narrow lead 8 - 7 after 10 ends, but were 14 - 9 ahead after 15 ends. They won by 7 shots. Rink 4 Trish Southgate Pat Buckley Martin Harbottle lost 17 - 24 After 8 ends Epsom was 2 - 18 down, but won the next 4 ends to narrow the gap to 12 - 18. They lost by 7 shots. Rink 5 Heather Pigden Eileen Mills John Huxford lost 7 - 20 Epsom was 3 - 11 down after 10 ends & lost by 13 shots. Rink 6 Lesley South Mick Cooper Marilyn Walsh-Hoye lost 9 19 After 12 ends Epsom trailed 5 - 14 & lost by 10 shots. Final Score: Epsom 91 Donyngs 117 |
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Spitfire League Epsom played their second Spitfire League game against Reigate Priory on Wednesday 30th October 2019 and won on 1 rink, lost on 2 rinks & lost overall 43 - 47 (2 - 8). Details: Rink 4 Brian Kenyon Sandy Cooper Keith Roberts Marilyn Walsh-Hoye lost 12 - 14 Epsom led 5 - 4 after 5 ends, but lost the next 5 ends to go 5 - 10 behind. Epsom scored 3 shots on the last end, but lost by 2 shots. Rink 5 Sandie Harvey Pat Buckley Anne Hoffmann John Warren lost 11 - 17 After 8 ends Epsom trailed 4 - 0, but came within 2 shots, 10 12 on the 12th end. They lost by 6 shots. Rink 6 Mick Cooper Eileen Mills Fred Read Terry Hoye won 20 - 16 Epsom led 8 - 6 after 8 ends, but went behind 8 - 11 on the 11th end. They regained the lead immediately, but went behind again 12 - 16 on the 13th end. However, Epsom won the last 3 ends to win by 4 shots. Final Score: Epsom 43 Reigate Priory 47 Epsom 2 points Reigate Priory 8 points Sandy & Mick Cooper played in their first Spitfire League Match |
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Spitfire League Epsom played their first Spitfire League game against Purley Bury on Wednesday 9th October 2019 and won on 1 rink, drew on 2 rinks & won overall 57 - 46 (8 - 2). Details: Rink 1 Lesley South Audrey Jones Fred Read Martin Harbottle drew 18 - 18 Epsom led 11 - 7 after 8 ends & 18 - 14 going into the last end. However, they dropped 4 shots to tie the rink. Rink 2 Bob Blaker Keith Roberts Marilyn Walsh-Hoye Dickie Day won 19 - 8 Epsom was 4 - 6 down after 8 ends, but took the lead on the next end with a count of 5. They won ends 11 - 16 scoring a total of 10 shots to win by 11 shots. Rink 3 Sandie Harvey Pat Buckley Terry Hoye John Warren drew 20 - 20 The scores were level 10 - 10 after 8 ends, but Epsom led 19 - 16 after 13 ends. Going into the last end they led by 2 shots, but dropped 2 shots to tie the rink. Final Score: Epsom 57 Purley Bury 46 Epsom 8 points Purley Bury 2 points |
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Spitfire Dates Wednesday 9th October 2019 v Purley Bury at 4.30pm Wednesday 30th October 2019 v Reigate Priory at 2pm Wednesday 13th November 2019 v Ashtead & Co at 4.30pm Wednesday 11th December 2019 v Purley Bury at 2pm Wednesday 22nd January 2020 v Reigate Priory at 4.30pm Wednesday 5th February 2020 v Ashtead & Co at 2pm Further Information from Martin Harbottle |